Donnell's Birthday
Safari Lounge, 9430 Annapolis Road Lanham MD 20706

Jammin' Jeff & the Band
This was their first performance at Safari. This was also my first time seeing Jammin' Jeff's band. Their set was in progress. When I talked in, Lorenzo and Tamara C. were sitting in the first booth. The line up initially was: 2 keyboard players (Duane Face was one of them), a guitar player, a percussionist, Jammin' Jeff on drums, and a sax player (on the frontline). (Note: their line up in August, possibly all the same personnel was: Allison (female singer), Jay (male singer), Dennis Turner (bass), Zach Cutler (guitar), Cleophus (sax), Sam (keyboard player), Duane Face (keyboard player), and Jammin' Jeff (drums).) At first they were playing light R&B and jazz. Then a female (Allison) and male (J. Hill) vocalist walked onstage. They performed Rose Royce's Car Wash, and A Taste of Honey's Boogie Oogie Oogie. They cranked. They also performed Alicia Keys' Unbreakable. Then Allison introduced a musician who had been performing with them - J. Hayden. He played a keyboard and sang. While he performed, Duane took a break. J. Hayden performed with his keyboard on the frontline. I didn't care for his performance: the music was too light for my taste. After he was done, Allison invited Tamara up to sing. She performed Vivian Green's Emotional Roller Coaster. Allison then asked her to perform another song. She sang Jill Scott's It's Love. They performed a few Prince songs and Michael Jackson's PYT. They also performed "You're My Lady".  Roosevelt and his brother Tim (LJ), June, and Big Don Pimp were there.  They last song they performed was Jill Scott's He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat).

Shawn, Kato, Tony, Sharmba Mitchell, Mara, Angie W., Tracy S., "original" Nikki, and Ebony were there.

I talked Sherray (Always Showtime!!) and asked her about her birthday. She said she had celebrated at Zanzibar and had a great time.

Familiar Faces
First Set
It was dark with a spotlight on Sean.
1) Sean-led Peabo Bryson's Feel the Fire
Big Sixx of Raw Image and Shadonna were there.
2) Halima-led Sade's No Ordinary Love - Halima sang on the dance floor, it cranked / Percussion solo
Mia, the bartender at Cranberries, was there.
3) Donnell-led "___ Is in the House"
Tiffany F. (with a new hairdo) was there.
4) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Can't Hide from Luv - Halima sang on the dance floor
Damond was there.
5) Halima-led Floetry's Supastar / Donnell-led Rare Essence's "Going to Hollywood"
6) Donnell-led "___ on the Floor" / NORE's I'm a G - Sean, Duane Face (I was impressed), and another male (Shorty Dug?) rapped
RE Angie came in with balloons. Darlene, Stacey, and GoGo Mickey were there.
7) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda - Smoke played timbales and Jacques congas
8) Donnell-led 911 - Donnell said, "It's my birthday"
9) Sean-led Raheem DeVaughn's You, Donnell did a shout out to L from Rare Essence, sitting in on congas

I had to leave after the first set.